We have a new addition to the site, the bungalow where Mrs. Parker and Alan Campbell lived in 1934 in Denver. I was out there for the NHL All-Star Game, so when the hockey was over, I was able to visit the house. It’s on a quiet little street and it’s filled with houses from…
Author: Kevin Fitzpatrick
I'm a writer and sightseeing guide. I'm the author and editor of seven books tied to New York history. I started the Dorothy Parker Society in 1999 with friends at the Algonquin Hotel.
Auction Warning
There is a fake Dorothy Parker autograph selling on ebay this week. Stay away from it. I sent a message to the person selling it, he/she didn’t even bother to reply. It’s selling for over $200, a “signed” copy of Death and Taxes. It’s so obviously not Mrs. Parker’s signature. Ever hear of her using…
Site Maintained
Oh, the joys of running a web site. I fixed some broken links on the Gallery page. And I got sick of the hospital green background and went with this blue tint. What do you think? Also, all the links/image galleries in the 1999 and 2000 Parkerfest pages are working again.
West Hollywood Home Added
We finally have added the Norma Place home to the site. This is where Alan Campbell died in 1963. By coincidence, two Los Angeles residents both sent in photos to the site the same week! We’ve been seeking someone to shoot photos of the little West Hollywood house since Aug. 1999, when the Hollywood section…
Merry Christmas
The Algonquin Hotel sent this very nice card out this season. This is the last update of 2000. If you are signed up for the newsletter (and if you aren’t, what’re you waiting for?) you’ll be getting the holiday message today. It was some year! The highlight for us was Parkerfest in August. What a…
John Keats dead at 79
Dorothy Parker’s first biographer, John Keats, died on Nov. 3 in Kingston, Ont. He was 79 and lived in Kingston and on Pine Island in Ontario, in the Thousand Islands region of the St. Lawrence River. Thirty years ago, he penned the first biography of Mrs. Parker, You Might as Well Live: The Life and…